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FIVE STRING TAB-John plays a five-string.
Alien Youth
Skillet
tabbed by Liko (jesusjunkie77@hotmail.com)
quick legal junk: If you wanna copy a part or all of this for whatever reason,
just email me and ask. Thanks.
It was kinda surprising to me that there wasn't a five-string tab on here,
considering that John Cooper plays a five. So here's my try. Quick
disclaimer: I learned the song from jesusfreak1181@juno.com's four-string tab,
and figured out what it was with the fifth string, so chances are I'll be
referring back to it a lot. Thanks, dude!
b=bend
Intro-guitar plays kool lil piece a few times, then the bass and drums come in.
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|---------------------b6--|
B|--4--4--4--4-1--1-1------|
Now for the heavy part, pretty much the main riff of the song, the other two
tabs want you to play power chords on the A and D strings. I think that the
PC's sound yucky on the B and E strings, so I just play the same thing as the
Intro, I just hit the strings harder (OD would be nice here, too). But if you
wanna do the chord thing, it's...
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|--6--6--6--6-3--3-3--b6--|
B|--4--4--4--4-1--1-1------|
Now on the verses, the bass is overdriven just a lil bit, but it still sounds
sweet clean. It's something like this...oh yeah. If you just played the heavy
part hard (no chords), ease up some here.
G|---------------------| |----|
D|---------------------| |----|
A|---------------------| 3x, then |----|
E|---------------------| |-b6-|
B|--4--4--4--4-1--1-1--| |----|
After you play that a couple times, there's a change to a pre-chorus. It's
like this:
G|-----------------| 3x, then G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| D|-----------------|
A|---------------1-| A|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-|
E|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1---| E|-----------------|
B|-----------------| B|--1---1---1---1--|
note: the notes in parenthesis are optional, you can play either those or the
ones on the low B-they're the same note, just an octave apart.
Now the Chorus!!
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1---------4-4-4-4---------|
B|---------4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1-|
Then back to ye olde heavy part, then play a verse again. The change after the
2'nd verse is different. This second pre-chorus is like this:
G|-----------------------------------| G|---------|
D|-----------------------------------| play that D|---------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1----------| twice, then A|-5-5-5-5-|
E|--------------------------3-3-3-3--| play 1/8 E|---------|
B|-----------------------------------| notes... B|---------|
During the guitar solo, just play the prechorus from the FIRST verse, minus the
1/8 note C's (A|-3-| or B|-1-| for those still learning the neck.) Now that's
all the pieces you need to know. Putting them together isn't too hard. Have
fun, rock out, and God bless!
Special Thank-you to jesusfreak1181@juno.com for making a great four-string tab
for me to work from and for the kindness of letting me pretty much copy the
spots where the low B wasn't used!
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